Adventures in Gradland

So my weekend in Berkeley/Stanford was exhausting, physically, mentally, and emotionally draining, and awesome in so many ways. But I'm back and roaring to go. Actually, I'm currently at Princeton, in the psychology department building (which is gorgeous). I'm going to go explore soon and try to talk to some people.

But first I wanted to document a few thoughts I had today. First of all, I love taking the train now. I used to not like it at all, mainly because I felt kind of ill whenever I did it. Now, I love it so much more than flying. I put on my iPod, sat at a window seat, and just thought the entire way to Princeton. The scenery was not always lovely, but I feel like I get so much good thinking/me-time in on trains. When I'm on planes, I just think about how much time we have left, if I need a drink, if I need to climb over the guy next to me soon to go to the bathroom, and how uncomfortable I am. Someday I may take a really long train ride. I think that would be nice :)

Also, I was in the train station at Penn Station, and I was watching people watching the train schedule. It was kind of awesome- all these people standing around, perfectly still, waiting for their train to whisk them off to wherever. Then there's me, walking around, through them, watching them. It was a cool contrast.

I will write another post soon about my trip to Berkeley/Stanford, but I think I will wait till this week is over and write about Berkeley, Princeton, and UCLA in one giant, uber-post (if you will).

Also, I want to remember to write about some new thoughts I had about spirituality, my place in the universe, and love. Remind me, blogspot. Exciting things to come!